“Children should be seen and not heard” is an old adage, probably first uttered as an exasperated last stand by an adult frustrated by the unbridled exuberance of a child. Now like-minded adults have to grudgingly acknowledge that the battle may be lost forever as children triumphantly raise Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child as their victory flag, with its proclamation that children must be given a voice and their views and opinions …